I viewed this film last night and did have high hopes for it,but instead felt very let down from the start to finish. The acting was good and the location interesting but the biggest let down for me was the script and the way the main two actors mumbled it and yes i mean mumbled as there were times i couldn't quite get what they were saying to one another,i know their characters were supposed to be moody but i would have preferred if they spoke a bit sharper. Another problem i had with the film was that i really didn't care less about any of the characters not one central character was decent and worth rooting for apart from the poor little dog who got abandoned half way through the film. We never got to know anything about the characters and why they had become how they were,and the drifter character who was supposedly the more hardcore man came across as weak and idiotic,and you began to wonder how he could ever had survived on his own out in the desert for so long,a spoilt Hollywood star could run rings around him.The ending of the film really came to nothing,so it was all a bit of a waste of time. I could go on but i really cant see the point,if you watch this film just don't expect much of it to make much sense.

There are some writers who seem to think if they quote Shakespeare and Herman Melville within their own work, they might automatically be regarded as possessing a higher level of intellect - not so, and Mojave offers a reasonable example as proof. Here we have writer/director William Monahan (The Departed) doing just this in a rather lame attempt to dress up his lowly 'character' study about a suicidal 'artist' (why suicidal? because he has success and luxury laid on, a loving wife and delightful young daughter who idolizes him) I ask, what better reason could you have for wanting to commit suicide?. Borrowing a leaf from the Travers character in Paris Texas our 'artist' wanders into tho desert to explore how many ways he can kill himself. Failing at several, he appears to settle on drinking himself to death.While still in the desert he meets another equally disturbed fellow who is obviously quite happy to do him in. Instead of excepting the offer, our suicide contender suddenly decides he won't allow this and begins looking at ways of murdering this chap - another perfectly reasonable idea! The ensuing cat and mouse game goes on interminably, with each man sprouting endless expletives & pseudo-psycho-babble as they attempt to kill each other...as well as any innocent by-standers who just happen to get in their way. All this might sound most interesting to those who enjoy Tarantino type nonsense but, any thinking viewer might beware. Is there anything that's good in all this?. The desert is well photographed, Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund are occasionally OK in the leads and some bits of the score music by UK born Andrew Hewitt are quite interesting. As for the supporting cast, Walton Goggins' character is so bad it's laughable, as is Mark Walberg's foul mouthed sex obsessed producer. Cultists may enjoy the over-the-top foolishness but this is supposed to be a dramatic modern classic!. Next thing to down right awful nastiness.

What a mess. I'm not gonna pick the movie apart because it would take too long. My problem is with the 2 main characters. The hero and the bad guy, both were portrayed to be certified "bad asses". How did they get to be so good with guns, has like a built in human tracking device in the head, cunning, intelligent, like trained cia operatives whatnot you name it. I have to mention this, so the sad hero goes into the desert drunk as sh** steals a rifle from a wandering bum after having a philosophical conversation because fk you, no time to explain, right? This bum happens to be some sort of serial killer. So the sad drunk hero goes into a cave to sleep, was awoken by something, I don't know fk you. Takes a split second to aim like 10 meters away and blam right on the money.How did the 2 main characters become so bad ass and can do remarkable things? We don't. They did not give in the important details. But what they did show us is that the suicidal protagonist is actually rich and famous. After the desert scene. What is he famous for? making film and sh**? How did he get to be that knowledgeable and stuff? We just don't fking know man. Then the bad guy, a washed up bum. Wow really? Well how the hell did he...Hold up! let me stop you there, we wont/don't fking know.Lol and the side characters (Matt Damon and the guy from The Shield) Both bad asses that smoke and drink all day But is more built that regular gym rats. One thing I know is that I did not enjoy the mess. But If you dare to watch it, you wouldn't know some things as well, ya know?

Man this was not very good at all.First of all the movie is really boring (thriller as a genre is but a mere technicality here as this is so low on suspense it's not even funny).Secondly, all the characters, every single one of them is a arrogant douche.The 'bad guy' (played by Oscar Isaac) is more annoying than he is frightening, often going on about philosophical rambles that seemingly lead nowhere or make much sense, he sure does seem to like the sound of his voice because all he seem to do except for killing here and there is talk talk and talk.Mark Whalberg has a smaller role (ca 4 scenes) and he plays an arrogant douche (surprise) who happens to be a Hollywood superstar actor and I must say that this is probably the worst acting I've seen of his, seems almost like he thinks the movie is a comedy based on how he plays the role but the problem is he has no funny lines.Garret Hedlund is the lead as the guy I suppose you are meant to root for (and probably the one who got Mark to sign on to doing this in the first place, both were in the superior 'Four Brothers') and although I think that Garret is a good actor, this is not the movie to showcase that for sure.And overall just a pretty confusing story that doesn't seem to make any sense whatsoever and annoys more than it intrigues, so yeah, a disappointing movie to say the least.Also I'd like to add that the current plotdescription about it being about someone meeting a doppelganger is completely false, and don't know who wrote that or was he/she was thinking.